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halik

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Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
He is an idiot and a criminal.

An idiot and a criminal for not wanting to keep what is peacefully his? In my book he is a hero. Not only is tax evasion perfectly moral, but it is a great boon to the economy. Rock on tax evaders, you have my 100% support! Stick it to the man!

geee ... he's going to jail, how's he not a criminal?

Also if you plan on using *MY* roads, defense, judiciary system, sewage system etc, make sure you paypal me the amount to cover that
 

Dissipate

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Originally posted by: halik
Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
He is an idiot and a criminal.

An idiot and a criminal for not wanting to keep what is peacefully his? In my book he is a hero. Not only is tax evasion perfectly moral, but it is a great boon to the economy. Rock on tax evaders, you have my 100% support! Stick it to the man!

geee ... he's going to jail, how's he not a criminal?

Also if you plan on using *MY* roads, defense, judiciary system, sewage system etc, make sure you paypal me the amount to cover that

Natural rights say otherwise. The government is the criminal, not the man in question.

Bwahahaha, in that case you should petition every non-taxpayer out there to paypal you the amount. There are millions of people out there who not only not pay taxes ("legally"), they consume them. Tell them to pony up and stop using your roads, defense, judiciary system etc.
 

Dissipate

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Originally posted by: Vic
Taxes are the law, so I will pay my taxes whether I like them or not. And while the idea of a society maintaining a government without taxes is ideal, it is simply not practical IMO. Plus there are some services that I don't mind paying taxes for, like roads as an example. What needs to be focused on is the containment and limitation of government, and by doing such bring the tax rates down.

The law is not legitimate. If I got out a piece of paper and wrote laws down and told you to follow them, would you do it? What grants the government this authority that I don't have? The answer is of course, nothing.
 

Vic

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Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: Vic
Taxes are the law, so I will pay my taxes whether I like them or not. And while the idea of a society maintaining a government without taxes is ideal, it is simply not practical IMO. Plus there are some services that I don't mind paying taxes for, like roads as an example. What needs to be focused on is the containment and limitation of government, and by doing such bring the tax rates down.
The law is not legitimate. If I got out a piece of paper and wrote laws down and told you to follow them, would you do it? What grants the government this authority that I don't have? The answer is of course, nothing.
First, like it or not, the law is legitimate according to our own laws.

Second, like it or not, we live in a democracy, and the government receives its authority from the people and this source of authority is accepted by the people as legitimate. And the majority has spoken.

Third, if you wrote down laws on a piece of paper and told me to follow them, I would not do it. Not just because you would actually have no source of authority, but also because you would have no means of enforcement. The government OTOH with its authority vested by, of, and from the people, can enforce its laws by fscking your life over and forcing you to live a tiny room for years on end while being ritually pounded in the ass daily by large and brutal men. And the people, who would see you as a threat to their authority and its agent, government, would think your fate right and proper.

edit: Call it "mob rule" all you want if it makes you feel better... I do. But that still doesn't change its reality.
 

IEC

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Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
He is an idiot and a criminal.

An idiot and a criminal for not wanting to keep what is peacefully his? In my book he is a hero. Not only is tax evasion perfectly moral, but it is a great boon to the economy. Rock on tax evaders, you have my 100% support! Stick it to the man!

WTH are you talking about? Without tax revenues, our government and our infrastructure woudl CEASE TO EXIST. Greedy fools.
 

RobCur

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Oct 4, 2002
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Originally posted by: glugglug
Technically, federal income tax is unconstitutional. Let's hop he wins!

it's illegal to take income for their own selfish gain and to feed on the population because of their inability to protect themself from an evil and ruthless organisation. fear can do a lot to an individual, he will either be shot, get his property taken or end up having to pay them even more then he was asked to pay.
and this is what most ignorant americans call this America "land of the free".
you're free to wonder on the street homeless after they ransacked everything and go to hell for all they care. a free human being does not have a law working against him/her, it never existed only in people's imagination and what they been told.
 

RobCur

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Oct 4, 2002
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Originally posted by: ariafrost
Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
He is an idiot and a criminal.

An idiot and a criminal for not wanting to keep what is peacefully his? In my book he is a hero. Not only is tax evasion perfectly moral, but it is a great boon to the economy. Rock on tax evaders, you have my 100% support! Stick it to the man!

WTH are you talking about? Without tax revenues, our government and our infrastructure woudl CEASE TO EXIST. Greedy fools.
ignorants is bliss and they come in large numbers, and this is no exception. I expect people like you to talk like this but it will not change our opinions when we know what is wrong and right. while you are it, please chew some more grass and continue to ignore what's going on around you.
 

b0mbrman

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Jun 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: RobCur
Originally posted by: ariafrost
Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: tnitsuj
He is an idiot and a criminal.

An idiot and a criminal for not wanting to keep what is peacefully his? In my book he is a hero. Not only is tax evasion perfectly moral, but it is a great boon to the economy. Rock on tax evaders, you have my 100% support! Stick it to the man!

WTH are you talking about? Without tax revenues, our government and our infrastructure woudl CEASE TO EXIST. Greedy fools.
ignorants is bliss and they come in large numbers, and this is no exception. I expect people like you to talk like this but it will not change our opinions when we know what is wrong and right. while you are it, please chew some more grass and continue to ignore what's going on around you.
So how do we get roads then?
 

Spencer278

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Oct 11, 2002
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Originally posted by: Condor
Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
what he forgot to do first was make friends with the bush family, they have the ability to pull strings and get you out of both war and taxes enron style. kenneth the layeth.

That is real BS and you opened yourself for this one. Kerry and frau paid less than a quarter of the taxes that Bush did and they made many times more money. Go ahead and defend that one.

Well Bush isn't the brightest blub in the box. It wouldn't be the first time he completly screwed up stealing. Just look at Iraq we went there to get some free oil and now they are producing even less oil then before.
 

imported_Condor

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Sep 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: Condor
Originally posted by: b0mbrman
Originally posted by: Condor
Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
what he forgot to do first was make friends with the bush family, they have the ability to pull strings and get you out of both war and taxes enron style. kenneth the layeth.
That is real BS and you opened yourself for this one. Kerry and frau paid less than a quarter of the taxes that Bush did and they made many times more money. Go ahead and defend that one.
Bush lied and invaded Iraq

I thought this was a tax thread.

He's just barking the party line. ;)

I believe he's just screwing around with you.


Yep, it had that smell.
 

imported_Condor

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Sep 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: Vic
Taxes are the law, so I will pay my taxes whether I like them or not. And while the idea of a society maintaining a government without taxes is ideal, it is simply not practical IMO. Plus there are some services that I don't mind paying taxes for, like roads as an example. What needs to be focused on is the containment and limitation of government, and by doing such bring the tax rates down.

We tried to do that and called it the Civil War. I guess peaceful protest may work better.

 

imported_Condor

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Sep 22, 2004
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Originally posted by: Dissipate
Originally posted by: Vic
Taxes are the law, so I will pay my taxes whether I like them or not. And while the idea of a society maintaining a government without taxes is ideal, it is simply not practical IMO. Plus there are some services that I don't mind paying taxes for, like roads as an example. What needs to be focused on is the containment and limitation of government, and by doing such bring the tax rates down.

The law is not legitimate. If I got out a piece of paper and wrote laws down and told you to follow them, would you do it? What grants the government this authority that I don't have? The answer is of course, nothing.

Soldiers, police, the Judicary, jails, fines, etc.

 

CPA

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Nov 19, 2001
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Originally posted by: Condor
His crime was not in not filing, but in not paying his taxes. IRS came after me for the same thing a few years back. They claimed I owed them $27K. When the dust settled, they had paid me $13K and admitted that I deserved another $8K back, but the 3-year limit allowed them to keep it. I just don't like doing their accounting for them and doing it for free. I have a mortgage with an escrow account. At the end of the year, they send me a check or I send them one. That is the way I would like the tax system to work. If my bank can do it, why the hvll can't the IRS? Reasonable taxes and a simple system. Is that too much to ask?

Without being condescending, what you're saying is that you're laziness cost you $8k and could have been more if it wasn't for the IRS knocking on your door.
 

piasabird

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Feb 6, 2002
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What about taxation without representation. If a tax is for a specific purpose and it is not spent for that purpose, it is not valid.

For instance what does the government spend all that gasoline tax on?

How can the government justify spending all of our social security funds on other things than it is collected for?

What recourse does a citizen have?

Where are the checks and balances?
 

biostud

Lifer
Feb 27, 2003
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Soooooooo old. It was done over here in the 70'ties by a person called Mogens Glistrup.